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Managing Positive
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Making a Difference
Tim Brighouse advised each teacher in
a school to pick one vulnerable child,
and to make a positive personal
comment, even just hello and the
childs name, each time they saw them.
The rate of suspensions fell dramatically.
Tim Brighouse
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Professor Tim Brighouse is one of the UKs most respected educationalists
having developed a wealth of experience in teaching and education over a 45
year period to date. Years of classroom practice have been followed by a wide
range of roles including Professor of Education at Keele University, Chief
Education Officer in Oxfordshire and Birmingham Local Authorities, Chief
Adviser to London Schools and Visiting Professor for the Institute of Education.
Tim is a renowned expert in school improvement and positive behaviour
management and has published a number of key works including Essential
Pieces, the Jigsaw of a Successful School.
Bill Rogers
www.billrogers.co.uk
A teacher by profession, Bill Rogers lectures widely on discipline and behaviour
management issues. He has written a dozen books on such topics as Discipline,
Behaviour Leadership, Teacher Stress, Cracking the Hard Class, Working with
Challenging Children, Colleague Support and Teacher Welfare, and Whole-School
Behaviour Management.
In 1988 Bill was awarded a travelling scholarship to the United Kingdom to research teacher stress and
has returned to the UK on 26 occasions to lecture at the major universities. He has received numerous
awards in his native Australia, the most recent being the Hedley Beare Educator of the Year Award in
1998. He has been adjunct professor (Education) at Griffith University (Australia) since 2000.
Lee Canter
http://maxweber.hunter.cuny.edu/pub/eres/EDSPC715_MCINTYRE/Assertive
Discipline.html
Lee Canter is a world renowned expert on classroom management. His
acclaimed Assertive Discipline programme has achieved wide acclaim since it
was first published in 1976.
Known as one of the most dynamic speakers and trainers in education today, he
has given numerous keynote speeches at conferences and has been a frequent
guest on noted television programmes including Oprah Winfrey. He is a prolific
writer having authored over 40 best selling books for educators including the
Assertive Discipline and Succeeding with Difficult Students. His latest work
focuses on Classroom Management for Academic Success.